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Blackbaud University Training Blackbaud University is Your Strategic Partner You’re committed to social good. And we’re committed to accelerating your success and expanding your impact by developing your team’s skills. With our broad range of training options, Blackbaud University helps your staff gain the skills and knowledge necessary to use and maintain your organization’s software—ultimately helping your organization fulfill its mission. After all, education Blackbaud University is a lifelong process, and continuing education is a valuable investment in the Statistics long-term success of your organization and your team. Efficiency Gains: Blackbaud University instructors are nonprofit and foundation experts. Each 5 hours saved per week* instructor has an average 5+ years of nonprofit experience. Curriculum that Generates Results Better Fundraising: 5% increase in revenue* Technology Become more efficient and effective with the latest software, tools, and training. Users Trained: Outcome-Based 24,000+ Achieve your goals and improve results. Users Certified: Solution Workshops Align people and processes with software to advance tech adoption and 2,000+ optimization. Nonprofit Workshops Increase your nonprofit industry savvy. *Survey results from 1,412 user Professional Development responses. Organization value Continuing Education based on a small nonprofit with $500,000 in annual fundraising. Earn continuing education credits for specific courses. Blackbaud is recognized by CFRE International and NASBA as an approved continuing education provider. 800.468.8996 [email protected] www.blackbaud.com/training October 2017 Certifications Blackbaud University offers certified learning opportunities to recognize student achievement and validate product knowledge and industry expertise. We provide these development opportunities to reflect our students’ commitment to excellence. Testimonials Delivery Methods “Personally, I have saved Public Training approximately 85 hours by not having to train new users and Blackbaud University offers a wide variety of training methods to accommodate putting them through Blackbaud all learning styles, preferences, and schedules. Public training is delivered in the University instead.” following formats: -Amanda Palmer, bCRE Pro, 4 Kids of South Florida “Blackbaud University has made our eLearning Live Instructor-Led Live Virtual Instructor- Training (ILT) Led Training (VILT) organization more efficient, allowing us to save $40,000 a year by not Live instructor-led training is conducted in 25 regional locations across the United having to add another staff member States listed below, Canada, and the United Kingdom. to the team.” -Daniella Dowiak, Project Hero Greenwich U.S. Eastern U.S. Central U.S. Mountain U.S. Pacific Australian Session Mean Time Time Time Time Time Eastern Time Block 0 10:00 a.m. 5:00 a.m. N/A N/A N/A 8:00 p.m. “By taking training from Blackbaud Block 1 2:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 6:00 a.m. N/A University, our organization has Block 2 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Noon 11:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. N/A been able to increase its gross Block 3 N/A 5:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. fundraising revenue by 20% in the past two years!” Atlanta, GA Cleveland, OH Indianapolis, IN New York, NY San Francisco, CA Austin, TX Dallas, TX London, UK Philadelphia, PA Seattle, WA -Heather Flynn, Covenant House California Boston, MA Denver, CO Los Angeles, CA Portland, OR St. Louis, MO Charleston, SC Detroit, MI Milwaukee, WI Tampa, FL Vancouver, BC Chicago, IL Houston, TX Minneapolis, MN Toronto, ON Washington, DC Private Training Let our instructors come to you! When traveling isn’t possible and you need one-time training for several users, private instruction is an ideal option. Focused, on-site training builds skills and boosts success while taking less time away from fulfilling your mission. Our training specialists will develop custom training agendas for your team. Ready to join your peers at Blackbaud University? Fill out this form and we will follow up with the best training options for your organization’s needs and budget! About Blackbaud Leading uniquely at the intersection point of technology and social good, Blackbaud provides software, services, expertise, and data intelligence that empowers and connects people to advance the social good movement. We serve the entire social good community, which includes nonprofits, foundations, corporations, education institutions, and the individual change agents who support them. 800.468.8996 [email protected] www.blackbaud.com/training | October 2017.
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